Greg Gillespie

Summary

Greg Gillespie is an experienced web designer located on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, in Narrabeen. He has beed developing websites in the area of site design, web application development, search engine optimisation and rich media content for the past 10 years.

A background in advertising and marketing have given Greg excellent exposure and experience in the field of direct response online interactions that place him at the forefront of the ever expanding world of ecommerce and the opportunities this brings to the new world of the Internet.

Work History

Feb 2011 - Present

SEO Consultant, Web Designer and Online Marketing Specialist

Working freelance for my own company since leaving Caltex in February of 2011. Doing web design projects and search engine optimisation for some local Australian companies and others based in the USA.

Created and launched the WonDeals.com.au - local deals website for users on the Northern Beaches of Sydney.

Aug 2011 - Feb 2011

Webmaster and Photo Retoucher

Caltex Australia

My role with Caltex was based around a large photo retouching project for the Mobil service station tender Australia wide takeover and reworking the the corporate intranet. The contract work involved working with Microsoft Sharepoint for teams and departments who accessed the corporate intranet.

Jan 2006 - Jul 2008

Web Developer and Web Master

I created and launched the HappyCustomers.com.au website in 2006. The site caters to small business owners and the general public. Users can write reviews and build communities with like minded individuals to share in the knowledge and collective buying power. Business owners are able to gather happy customer testimonials via reviews and ratings on the site and at the same time offer the community members discounts on their services.

This site has recently been revamped and is now Facebook, Twitter and Youtube enabled.

May 2005 - Feb 2007

Web Master and Print Design Officier

My role as webmaster was commenced with direct challenge of redeveloping the very tied and bloated Warringah Council website. I managed a team of internal and external designers and developers to take the 10 thousand static page website and relaunch a dynamic, database driven website and content management system.

We had a team of 40 content authors all using the system designed, and implemented under a $110k budget in 18 months of development time.

Jan 2000 - Apr 2005

Web Designer, Ecommerce Developer and Web Application Developer

Working as a freelance web specialist during this period I managed a range of client projects that involved the development of commerce shopping carts for a tech supplier, online travel agency ordering for the trade, the development and deployment of a digital asset management system Logosafe.com.au for the ABC and the Bananas in Pyjamas.

Education

Education

Feb 1980 - Oct 1983

Graphic Design

Enmore College

Skills

Skills

Ecommerce Shopping Cart Developer

My skills as an ecommerce and shopping cart developer go back to the days before shopping carts became plugins or addons. I have worked with asp developers to create robust shopping carts for electronic goods distribution, travel agency, pastry factory and sport shoe supplier.
Being a Wordpress CMS designer for over 150 websites, I am very proficient at working with CMS and shopping carts such as WP Ecommerce, Cart66 and Shopfront.

Google Analytics

My work as an online marketer and seo specialist require a dedicated approach to web analytics. Visitor tracking, goal conversion and keyword effectiveness analysis are all finely honed skills.

SEO - Search Engine Optimisation Consultant

Having worked on many personal affiliate marketing projects for the past 4 years, I have a small number of SEO clients both here in Australia and in the USA. I specialise in seo for professionals such as doctors, dentist and other high paying professions.

Graphic Designer

Proficient with all Adobe CS suite tools, Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign and Acrobat. I have advanced photo retouching skills as a direct evolution from my work as an advertising airbrush artist and illustrator.
Naturally the full online suit of CS tools with solid expert experience levels in all - Dreamweaver and Flash.

3D Animator and Illustrator

I have used most of the major software 3D packages including Maya, Lightwave and Cinema 4D. Most comfortable with modelling, animation and illustration using Cinema 4D. Have completed animation projects for government departments for Sydney Water and State Rail Authority.

Video Editing and Publishing

Being a Mac or Apple based designer, I am skilled in the production and optimisation of video for web publishing. Experience with Apple Final Cut Express, iMovie and Adobe After Effects.

Web Content Writer

Content writing for clients websites, search engine optimised and product or service orientated copy. Over six years experience.